Acer MP-330 (10 GB) Reviews

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Acer MP-330 (10 GB)
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Average Ratings for Acer MP-330 (10 GB)

  • Sound Quality4.4 stars
  • Battery Life4.1 stars
  • Features2.6 stars
  • Value for Money3.9 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings3.9 stars
  • Overall Rating2.6 stars

4 Reviews For Acer MP-330 (10 GB)

  • DanielHoward Rank: Corporal 8th Oct 2008

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    Good Points: This is a good unit.


    Bad Points: A few, but overall a good unit.


    General comments: The Acer MP-330 is quite a good unit, with plenty of space on the 10GB hard drive. It has the features I need: voice recording in MP3 format with line-in and built-in microphone; large capacity; large display; plus, I managed to find one for £50 at Comet in January 2007.There are some useful features (see list below). Most impressive are the decent replay sound quality, excellent battery life (both in use, and in storage), decent back-light, and ability to act as USB host. It is reasonably good-looking, with good quality (plastic) casing and an appealing large LCD screen. I have had some problems with the quality and the ergonomics.- Every now and then, the power button has stopped working; and some of the other controls have had intermittent failure.- The headphone socket has started to cut out and I now have to wiggle the headphone jack a bit to get stereo sound (I have looked after this unit very carefully).- The file system is poor, surprisingly since Acer is a computer manufacturer. They have put FAT-32 on this hard drive which means files are played in the (random) order in which my PC copies them across, and not alphabetical or numeric order. I have tracked down a PC tool that works around this but it's a big pain.- There is not enough control over the backlight, nor over the auto power-off; you can't shuffle play across the whole disk, only within one album; also you can't re-start a track from where you stopped, if the power goes down (which it does after 5 minutes; the work-around is to leave it in 'A-B repeat' mode).- When listening to long tracks (i.e. over 6 minutes) I find there is electrical interference affecting the sound, as the unit starts to access the hard drive.- When recording on the built-in mic, which is hissy, my unit records the hard-drive spin-up noise at the start, and develops an electrical whine over time (e.g. 20 mins). The line-in has much better record quality.- I have found it hard to get support... the unit doesn't even seem to be mentioned on Acer's own website.- The LCD is basic and monochrome, and for many people the unit would be far too big - but if you're fashion conscious then you're probably not looking at Acer anyway. Features:- 10GB hard drive- MP3 or WMA playback, up to 320 Mbps- MP3 record at 44KHz/160Kbps; 44/128; 32/112- record from built-in mic, or line-in- USB host to swop files with other devices- A-B repeat- keylock- equaliser settings; speed variation settings- long life battery (built-in)- track/directory repeat or random

  • Guest 26th May 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    The music quality is outstanding and the headphones are just as good usually you get rubbish quality ones but with this they have lots of bass and 3d quality sound.It also comes with 5-6 equalizers which all sound good. Altogether a well worth buying product
  • amosharper Rank: Corporal 8th Mar 2007

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    With a strong, sturdy build, a music playback quality playback that easily beats the Apple iPod, and a classy leather clip case thrown in, the Acer MP-330 (10 GB) is an outstanding portable media player.
    If you're buying an MP3 player for a nice colourful interface, touch-sensitive pads and flashy games, this isn't for you. The monochrome LCD screen isn't exactly it's most exciting feature.
    However, if you're after a sturdy media player that won't break in your back pocket or have an ever-decr ...
  • Gazabro Rank: Lance Corporal 6th Dec 2006

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    The Acer MP-330 is very impressive as long as you're not looking to make a fashion statement.

Product details

Main characteristics: Number of Songs: 2500 Storage Capacity: 10 GB Main Storage Type: Hard Drive Audio Capabilities: Audio Format: MP3 WMA MP3 Bit-Rate: 80 kbp more details...